I cleaned all the winter mung out of the SC this afternoon. Before I put the winter rubber mats down, I lay down a layer of adhesive carpet protection film, so today all I had to do was lift out the mats, roll up the film, and give the carpets a quick vacuum. Instead of the usual salt-stained hell I usually have to deal with every spring. The rest of the interior (seats, dash, doors, windows) got a thorough wipe with a damp cloth, and buffed with a dry one.

Once the interior is complete, I open the hood and trunk, and use a wet rag all along the seams and gutters, and give the engine cover and hoses and everything else under there a thorough wipe down.

Curious what is going to come out of this pandemic that I don't like, higher taxes, mandatory vaccinations, rushing though medicine/vaccine testing, governments tracking people via phone, reccession/economic collapse, a turn to socialist tendencies (not paying rent, relaxation of EI standards....), etc. Few governments will want to let a good crisis go to waste.

About to complete day 2 of shelter in place. I consider being alone in my car as sheltering in place, and like John, I also need periodic high spirited drives, so I drove around for about 45 mins a little while ago. Crazy how empty the roads are here. There were a few other people on I-40, but the state highways were almost completely deserted.

Interesting report out from U.S. Intelligence officials saying that China has been under-reporting its Covid-19 cases.

I have no doubt that they have been less that forth coming. The CCP is all about control. Also it seems very convenient that the day after they kicked out all journalists there were no more new cases of the virus. Also pay no mind to all those portable incinerators running day and night.

I have no doubt that they have been less that forth coming. The CCP is all about control. Also it seems very convenient that the day after they kicked out all journalists there were no more new cases of the virus. Also pay no mind to all those portable incinerators running day and night.

At this point, it wouldn't surprise me if China intentionally developed the virus. I've read what the experts have said, but I wouldn't put anything past China. The whistleblowers in China who tried to warn everyone and prevent a pandemic have either died or disappeared. They regularly steal our IP. They build cities full of skycrapers that are completely abandoned to inflate their economy. They control their media. The ends justify the means for that regime.

At this point, it wouldn't surprise me if China intentionally developed the virus. I've read what the experts have said, but I wouldn't put anything past China. The whistleblowers in China who tried to warn everyone and prevent a pandemic have either died or disappeared. They regularly steal our IP. They build cities full of skycrapers that are completely abandoned to inflate their economy. They control their media. The ends justify the means for that regime.

I won't be surprised N Korea was in on it. If it was something that was purposely released, may the blood of folks that died from this stain their hands and souls for eternity.

I saw something about how Shenzhen has now banned the consumption of cats and dogs. About time!

Thursday - Yesterday morning's rain turned into a pretty nice and sunny afternoon, so I finally got the lawn done (and it needed it!). My gal and I have pretty much settled into the home routine at this point, and thus far, it's working. I'm pretty sure, though, that Governor DeWine has expanded the shelter-in-place order through most if not all April, so we'll see what happens with that.

Well, I work for NAPA. But, they are both still open. I just have the misfortune of not being in a position selling the actual auto parts. Thus, furloughed. To be fair though, sales are down in general and the stores are cutting back staff and hours of operation. It's not a good situation any way you slice it.

Well, I work for NAPA. But, they are both still open. I just have the misfortune of not being in a position selling the actual auto parts. Thus, furloughed. To be fair though, sales are down in general and the stores are cutting back staff and hours of operation. It's not a good situation any way you slice it.

Condolences Jim... Hopefully this turns around quickly. Furlough implies they want you back and once we hit the apex the recovery should begin. At this point no one knows and that's the hardest part but you're in our thoughts.

Condolences Jim... Hopefully this turns around quickly. Furlough implies they want you back and once we hit the apex the recovery should begin. At this point no one knows and that's the hardest part but you're in our thoughts.

Friday - So now we're to shelter in place until May 1st, at least. Have to say, I was pretty sure I saw this coming, especially since DeWine has been on top of this business very nearly from the beginning. I just hope it gets the job done and Coronavirus under control.

I agree. I think Dewine has been ahead on this as much as anyone. As far as time goes, I've learned that the time from infection to termination is 3 weeks. To estimate the end of the curve one can use the moment of when the daily death rate starts to decline and add 3 weeks. In Italy the daily death rate is just starting to decline so one can estimate that 3 weeks from now the new infections should be near zero. Since Italy was 2 weeks ahead of us we can further estimate that our infections should approach zero in about 5 weeks. The end of April gets us close, though still maybe a week or two too soon.

Edit: I should also add my estimate is for Ohio. NY is ahead of us on the basis of time, maybe by a week.